An incredible showman and a deeply creative songwriter with a lustrous voice that could sound dizzying and seductive singing the phonebook. One of pop music’s most rewarding and indelible voices of our generation.

The last few years have been quite a journey for Rufus Wainwright. Creatively, he put pop music aside and concentrated on his other interests, from his Grammy-nominated recreation of Judy Garland’s fabled Carnegie Hall concert to the 2009 premiere of his opera, Prima Donna. Wainwright’s personal life has been even more dramatic, witnessing the birth of his daughter, Viva; the death of his mother,singer/songwriter Kate McGarrigle; and his engagement to partner Jorn Weisbrodt.